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Is it worth getting a GTX 1080 Now and other stupid questions?

Calabi

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So I've got some money to burn currently so I figured I might as well get one of the new 1080 as there at least slightly better than my current 780. Also it might go with a new GSync monitor I might get in a few months(in the meantime I could downsample).

So are there any good reasons not to get one now, like new cards coming, drop in prices or are the 1080s just bad.

Is this a good card or are there better ones for a similar price?
https://www.overclockers.co.uk/evga...s-graphics-card-08g-p4-6286-kr-gx-300-ea.html

Are there problems running two monitors of different resolutions on the cards(I know there used to be)?
 
Personally I'd get a 2nd hand 980Ti, OC it if you really need to (or under-TDP it to ~70% if you want to stay under 150W of power/heat) and spend the remaining £300+ on something else, unless you really need that extra 25% fps right now.

When you've decided on a bigger/better monitor, reassess then.

EVGA make quality kit though, if you must... :)
 
Questions.

do you plan to watercool it? If so buy the OCUK Founder Edition
(partially regret not buying that atm even if my Armor works happily at 2164 constantly but wasn't available at the time)

Do you plan to heavily overclock it? If not have you considered the heavily overclocked EVGA 980Ti? It will cost £300 less and you might invest in better monitor.
Same applies to the OC UK GTX1080 which costs 100 less.

But if you want to buy a GTX1080 the EVGA is a very good brand and do it :)
 
Graphics cards are like the tides, there will always be a new one due shortly. It might be a better idea to pick up the monitor first as that will also give you an idea of how much performance you need.

1080's massively fast, more than 2x the fps of your 780 but it still wont run 4K very well unless what you are playing isnt any more demanding than overwatch. You might want to consider that more or less all 1080's overclock to exactly the same level irrespective of how "premium" they are, 2000-2100 is the standard window and that's a deviation of only 5%.

https://www.overclockers.co.uk/ocuk...dr5x-pci-express-graphics-card-gx-21c-ok.html

unless aesthetics are your concern the £90 difference between this and the FTW is better spent on your monitor imho. Some others might reccomend the 980ti, at 80% of the performance for 67% of the cost it's quite a bargain.

no idea regarding muti mon
 
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Thanks for the replies. I may have a look at the 980's. I'm not planning on watercooling or anything that complicated. I like the sound of the less power draw, and less noise of the 1080s though.

I may have to wait a bit anyway. I should probably figure out how to stop framedrops/stuttering in GTA5 first, that would be annoying if that happened on the new card.
 
No issues with different monitor resolutions and I can confirm a 780 to 1080 upgrade is massive. I run a 43" 4k and a pair of old (but still rather good) Dell 2007FP at 1600x1200 with no issues on a single 1080. If you run Windows 10 just remember to disable Windows Snap as it is a right PITA. As ToOo said I wouldn't get hung up on getting a 'premium' card as even my lowly Gigabyte Gaming 1080 overclocks to 2k+Mhz. It's not the perfect 4k card but it does a decent job and things like GTA5 run great in 4k with all the goodies turned on :)

I can't comment on whether I would want to invest in old tech now but maybe a 980ti would be better bang for buck. As drivers mature I expect the difference between a 1080 and 980ti to grow...

Which monitor are you thinking?
 
thelonecrouton said:
Personally I'd get a 2nd hand 980Ti, OC it if you really need to (or under-TDP it to ~70% if you want to stay under 150W of power/heat) and spend the remaining £300+ on something else, unless you really need that extra 25% fps right now.

When you've decided on a bigger/better monitor, reassess then.

EVGA make quality kit though, if you must... :)
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IMO second hand prices for any GPU's compared to new prices are stupidly high given the risks involved and usually older technology.

Depending on the original requirement of the OP, a 1070 might be good enough but if have the money for a 1080 then why not? Buy the best you can afford or justify paying when you need to upgrade and it should last you that little longer.

Just saw a used now "3rd hand" 1070 sell for £370 which amazes me given you can pick one up brand new for £399, fresh from the factory not already having been used by 2 previous owners. £30, what's that, it's not even half a pair of half decent jeans.

Buy new!
 
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I wouldn't go with the 980ti as suggested, You be better off with a 1070 if you want to spend less than what a 1080 costs. They're both good cards (1080 & 1070) and likely to show better performance going forward than the Maxwell cards with DX12, Vulkan and VR titles.
 
Calabi said:
I should probably figure out how to stop framedrops/stuttering in GTA5 first, that would be annoying if that happened on the new card.
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GTA V isn't that gpu demanding but requires more than 3GB of vram and decent cpu when using very high settings.
It was running fine on my previous card which was 770 4GB.
What cpu are you using.?
The game was dropping below 60fps in the city due to my 4.8Ghz 2500K struggling rather then my gpu.
 
nashathedog said:
I wouldn't go with the 980ti as suggested, You be better off with a 1070 if you want to spend less than what a 1080 costs. They're both good cards (1080 & 1070) and likely to show better performance going forward than the Maxwell cards with DX12, Vulkan and VR titles.
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This. If I had money to burn like the OP I would spend the extra and get the 1070 or even the 1080 if you want to max games out with nice frame rates (1080).
 
in terms of being 'future proof' unless a new single card can utterly beast 3440x1440 - 4K which the new cards fall a little short of, I'd say you're throwing cash down the toilet. Buy a cheaper previous gen card and wait for the next nvidia offering.
 
Bluntwrapped said:
in terms of being 'future proof' unless a new single card can utterly beast 3440x1440 - 4K which the new cards fall a little short of, I'd say you're throwing cash down the toilet. Buy a cheaper previous gen card and wait for the next nvidia offering.
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But OP never said anything about 4K.
You'll always be waiting for the next NVidia offering and buying overpriced old/outdated tat :p

I think we're a long way off of doing 4K well at a reasonable price (ie, not sli Titan X) so most would be better off sticking with 1440p which seems to be the sweet spot.
 
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If it helps you decide, I went from a EVGA GTX780 FTW to my Inno3D X3 1070 and in some games the 1070 is around double the performance of the 780. It's a huge jump in performance while giving a massive drop in power consumption. With my old 780 my whole pc had a maximum power draw at the wall of 452w. With the 1070 I don't even hit 280w at the wall!!
 
pastymuncher said:
If it helps you decide, I went from a EVGA GTX780 FTW to my Inno3D X3 1070 and in some games the 1070 is around double the performance of the 780. It's a huge jump in performance while giving a massive drop in power consumption. With my old 780 my whole pc had a maximum power draw at the wall of 452w. With the 1070 I don't even hit 280w at the wall!!
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Not OP, but this help me as I'm looking to upgrade from a 780 to a 10*0. Thanks :)
 
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